The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has recommended that private FM radio operators be allowed to broadcast news and current a...

On top of that, the association pointed out that the burden of the licence fee has left very little funds for operations and salaries. Ente...

In May 2022, the ministry of information and broadcasting had requested Trai to provide its recommendations on 2 key issues. The first issu...

In April alone, the revenue of the entire industry had shrunk to Rs 34 crore, from Rs 198 crore in April 2019. Compared to a profit before ...

With auctions getting a huge response, Crisil has pegged that cumulative gains for the public exchequer is likely to be around Rs 5,000 cro...

The Department of Telecom has not accepted a proposal of telecom operators for not charging licence fee and spectrum usage charge on the am...

Information and Broadcasting Ministry to conduct auction of FM radio licences in Phase III for 839 channels, which will be completed this y...

While the govt is taking steps for future 2G auctions, immediate test would be with forthcoming FM radio phase-3 licence auctions.

Trai stated that FM channels operating with channel spacing of 400 KHz should be radiated from effectively co-located sites and transmitted...

The country's largest private telecom operator paid Rs 1,177.48 crore in the April-June quarter toward licence fees & spectrum usage charge...

Under the current spectrum allocation policy, GSM operators are entitled to a maximum of 15 MHz and CDMA operators 7.5 MHz in a circle.

Department of Economic Affairs has sought that DoT change spectrum usage charges levied on telcos to a fixed percentage. Hot handsets | Biz...

DoT issued 22 more telecom licences to new players with Unitech getting licences in 12 circles, Videocon-owned Datacom in two circles and I...

The measures would permit greater variety in programming and extend the reach of FM radio to rural areas. Unleash the innovator within

Now, players who pay Rs 1,651 crore for the pan-India licence will also have to dish out the one-time spectrum fee. Technology at its best

The government is close to finalising the satellite radio policy in the country, under which it is proposed that the FDI cap in the sector ...

Phase-II of the privatisation of FM Radio is slated to begin in February ’03, reports Sudha Nagraj in New Delhi. It will take the revenue-s...